Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ | Weight Loss for Women over 40

When I say change your identity to change your weight, I am not talking about transforming from Peter Parker into Spiderman. Nope! I am talking about working with your mindset to create your version 2.0 identity as a person who is already at their forever weight. You don’t have to wait until you lose weight to view yourself and act like the version of yourself that you desire to be. In fact, your...

In today's episode, you will hear from boot campers, Amy Cobbs and Yusefa Smith.  They will share how they have ascended through the three phases (LEARN, LOSE, LIVE) of the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ weight loss process by taking the initiative to learn the process making the commitment to work the process 90 days at a time, and now they are living life at their forever weight. Amy has lost 29 pound...

Our default is that we all want to feel the positive effect of change when we lose weight and we're sporting this new body, but we don't want to do the work that it takes to actually change.  How I see this showing up during the weight loss journey is often we are unwilling to forget what we THINK we know about weight loss and be 100% open to learning a new way. We run from the unknown and we stic...

It is tempting to think of your future self as far away. This is the version of yourself where you’ve achieved your forever weight, you’re doing what you love, and existing as an all-around happier person. Most of us tend to think about our current stage of life as the one before our real life starts. It's as if what we’re doing now doesn’t really count. So we coast along, thinking that we’ll even...

Losing weight and keeping it off can be a challenge. So imagine setting a weight-loss goal, achieving it, and then going on vacation. How do you maintain that weight loss and withstand the temptations of wanting to eat and drink all the things? That's the scenario my client, Monica, encountered. As a private client of the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ process, Monica learned how to lose weight on her t...

It's summer, summer, summertime!  Chances are you have a vacation coming up because it's peak travel season. For many of us, not only are we taking a vacation from our jobs and businesses, but we are also taking a vacation from our weight loss journey. We blissfully indulge. We eat and drink all the things, but reality hits when we arrive home from vacation feeling bloated and heavy which can send...

There is a strong connection among stress, anxiety, and ADHD when it comes to emotional eating. Most of us live with chronic stress and anxiety and most of the time, we don't pay it much attention because we've normalized it. This was certainly true for me in my early 20’s. Back then, I was chronically stressed about everything like being accepted at work, my weight, my appearance, my skin, being...

The Clean Plate Club started out as a useful tool to reduce food waste but in the modern-day, it’s contributed to overeating resulting in more people being overweight and has become more of a curse than anything else. Many of us heard our parents say that you must clean your plate before leaving the table or they would congratulate you for finishing your food or insist that you took one more bite...

Some of us are really good at making decisions. We make decisions constantly - all day every day at work or for our families but when we need to make a decision about ourselves, especially decisions that put ourselves as a priority, it's easy to skip this decision. There is a reason for this.  Women are socialized from the time we were born to be primary caregivers. No, we aren't naturally better...

I recently had a conversation with a current member of the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ program who had gained weight.  She joined the program after participating in the 2020 November BootCamp but admittedly wasn't really following the process. Instead, she was trying to figure out weight loss based on data she had collected over the years. Are you guilty of doing this? If you can relate to this, know...

Do you have a habit of starting projects and not seeing them through to completion? Or  Do you leave a trail of unfinished courses, half-read books, and incomplete planners in your wake? If this is you, this habit may also be hindering your weight loss progress.  What I've been noticing with a handful of my clients is that they come to Stop. Dieting. Forever.™, they're following the process, they...

Can we really get hooked on sugar? The answer is yes, absolutely. Some people consume sugary foods in ways that aren't healthy, and even though it’s more of a habit than an actual addiction, it’s difficult to break the craving. Most people will jump on a trendy sugar detox diet that promises to end the craving for sweets and help them lose weight. A sugar detox is effective because if you stop con...

Welcome to episode 100! This is an episode of celebrations. Not only are we celebrating our 100th podcast episode, but we are also celebrating over 61K downloads, receiving the 100K award from The Life Coach School, and onboarding a new group of amazing women into the Bootcamp.  Whoo-hoo! Thank you all for listening to the podcast and sharing it with your peeps. This is as much your celebration as...

This isn't your typical podcast -- today you're getting a sneak peek inside the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ Program.  This episode dives into a concept known as the Identity Statement.  It’s the first thing we do in the second phase of the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ journey.  It’s a clear description of the person we want to become at the end of 90 days. You'll also hear me coach a LUXE Lifer live duri...

This is one of my favorite throwback episodes and I wanted to air it again as we are currently open for Bootcamp registration.  In this episode, I thought about the various types of people who come to me wanting to lose weight. I've categorized them into four different categories. I want you to tell me which category best fits where you are in your journey. The categories of people who come to me...

I often get messages regarding the Stop. Dieting in 30 Bootcamp saying that “30 days isn't enough time to lose all the weight I want,” or “I am not looking for a quick fix so what happens after the 30 days?” Well, I want to address those concerns in this bonus podcast by explaining how the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ three-phase process (Phase 1: LEARN Phase 2: LOSE, Phase 3: LIVE) leads you to perma...

Summer is right around the corner. In preparation, maybe you’ve decided to change your habits in the name of weight loss. Even with all of those habit changes, the numbers on the scale haven’t budged at all. What gives?  Many of us believe we know what we should be eating and doing every day to lose weight – we just can't get ourselves to do it consistently. I remember diligently tracking all my m...

Ready for a good laugh? In today's episode, you get to listen to an open, honest conversation between girlfriends. Loraine and Sabrina have been best friends for over 10 years. Loraine is a LUXE Lifer and has been losing weight following the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ process. Her weight loss caught the attention of her bestie, Sabrina. They have a history of trying various failed weight loss progra...

Let's be real. Losing weight can suck. It can be frustrating because it seems like you can put on weight in the blink of an eye. But how do you handle the crazy slow loss when you've been working out, meal planning, and doing all the things for weeks and the scale is moving at a snail’s pace? In this episode, I want to talk to you honestly about the struggle that comes with losing weight and the s...

Today we are diving into the third and final part of a 3 part series. In this series, I'm walking you through the progression of thinking of the LUXE Lifer who follows my 3 phase approach to weight loss as it specifically relates to thoughts about daily weight fluctuations. We discussed phase one, the Learn phase in EP. 93 . Phase two, the Lose phase was covered in EP. 94 where we focused on how w...

In this episode, I am diving into the second part of a three-part series. In EP. 93 , I discussed the three phases to achieve your forever weight.  Phase 1: LEARN. Where you “undiet” your brain in the Stop Dieting in 30 Weight Loss Bootcamp Phase 2: LOSE.  Where you take what you've learned and work the process until you reach your goal in the Stop. Dieting. Forever.™ program, Phase 3: LIVE.  Wher...

“I hate daily weight fluctuations.” I hear this statement all of the time. I know it turns a lot of you off from getting on a scale in the first place because you can't deal with the daily weight fluctuations. The thing is, daily weight fluctuation is normal. In fact, the average adult's weight fluctuates up to 5 or 6 pounds per day. Your weight is a reflection of what you eat and drink when you e...

Weight loss is hands down the most common goal in the health and fitness industry, and based on my experience as a weight loss coach, I would say it is the least achieved goal as well. Crazy, right!? If so many people have a goal of losing weight, why is it that so many people aren’t achieving it? Well many of us get caught in this start, stop, quit cycle of weight loss where you try a different d...

We live in the age of convenience and we want everything quick, fast, and in a hurry. This includes weight loss. The concern with fast weight loss is that it usually takes extraordinary efforts in diet and exercise, efforts that could be unhealthy and that we probably can't maintain as permanent lifestyle changes. I get it. When we decide it's time to LOSE WEIGHT we want to move far, far, far away...

“Focusing on my health feels like a chore”. I hear this often.  As I coach clients on why they find it easy to do the daily work during the week, but on the weekends they fall off it's because in their mind, what they're doing is work and they deserve a break after working all week. The normal way we approach weight loss is as if it's a chore. And I get it. We’re busy. We have a lot going on. Life...